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Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
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Author:  DoubleDvideogames [ Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
Rank your Top 10 favorite consoles for RPGs. Your #1 console gets 10 points, down to #10 which gets 1 point.

I am running these rankings at another site, if by some rare chance you already voted at the other site, just vote once. These are the current standings:

Spoiler! :
1.Playstation - 128
2.Playstation 2 - 127
3.SNES - 109
4.DS - 70
5.PS4 - 55
6.Switch - 47
7.PS3 - 46
8.GBA - 45
9.PSP - 43
10.3DS - 39
11.Genesis - 30
12.Saturn - 29
13.NES - 25
14.Dreamcast - 24
15.Gamecube - 21
16.Xbox 360 - 16
17.Xbox - 15
18.Sega CD - 13
19.Wii - 10
20.PS Vita - 7
21. Mega Drive - 6
22.Gameboy color - 4
T-23.Turbografx - 3
T-23.Wii U - 3
T-25.Gameboy - 2
T-25.Turbografx cd 2
T-25.Xbox one - 2
28.N64 - 1
Author:  Wildbill [ Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
Well, I spend so much time with projects, I don't get around much. My list will be short.

1. SNES
2. NES
3. PSx
4. PS-II
5. Genesis
6. NDS
7. Sega-CD
8. PC
Author:  umegamer [ Wed Jun 02, 2021 5:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
1. SNES 8-)
Author:  Recca [ Wed Jun 02, 2021 5:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
1. SNES
2. PSP
3. PS1
4. GBA
5. Genesis
6. GameCube
7. GBC
8. NES
9. SMS
10. Game Gear
Author:  taskforce [ Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
1. PS2
2. PSX
3. PC
4. PS3
5. SNES
6. Sega CD
7. PS4
8. Genesis
9. Dreamcast
10. Tie: Saturn/Nintendo DS/PSP/Vita

It is not a mistake I left NES off my list. I really didn't enjoy playing RPG's on NES that much. Not that there weren't good games. The experience wasn't as enjoyable for me as the other systems.
Author:  MariusB [ Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
1)PSX
2)SNES
3)PSP
4)DS
5)Switch
6)GBA
7)NES
8)Mega Drive/Genesis
9)GB/GBC
10)Game Gear

I assume we're not counting PC, just consoles, right? Either way, PC is an eaaaasy number 1. Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Wasteland, Neverwinter Nights, Deus Ex, Wizardry games, Pillars of Eternity, System Shock 1 and 2... we could be all day listing amazing PC RPGs with (generally) way more depth than anything on the consoles.

PSX had the best stuff by far for me, in terms of consoles - many styles, many big titles, a real treat; SNES is a close second, thanks to tons of JRPGs. PSP/DS had a mountain of niche Japanese exclusives and a lot of good action RPGs in particular. Switch has everything in one place, a great system if you just want the ports and so on. GBA has Mother 3, that alone elevates it above the next few for me, plus Golden Sun, many anime RPGs also...; Many franchises I enjoyed to some degree started on NES/Famicom (Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Metal Max, Megami Tensei) and it had many weird, experimental RPGs too, hence number 7. Mega Drive/Genesis has some really great WRPGs/ports (Starflight, Pirates! Gold and Shadowrun), but I don't like its JRPGs that much (except for Phantasy Star 4), so for that reason it's number 8. GB has the Saga games, some interesting JP exclusives like God Medicine etc., but overall IMO they weren't "much" better than the Game Gear stuff, GBC included. Game Gear had Madou Monogatari games, Defenders of Oasis, Moldorian and Royal Stone, for that I decided to place it at number 10.

I don't know PCE-CD (Turbografx-16/CD) well enough to assess it. I've only seen it a couple times/never knew anyone who owned it, it's like a ghost system here in Europe. I only discovered it through emulation, in fact, just like Wonderswan and some other smaller, obscure systems. I also disliked the PCE-CD voice acting from what I've heard (where I live we sub everything, so it's more of a 'me' problem), but I guess it probably could end up in the top 10 if I knew more about it, especially the JP exclusives. I don't know enough about Sega CD, either.

Master System pretty much only has Phantasy Star, Miracle Warriors and Ultima... I liked PS1 - more than PS 2, in fact - but it's not much. PC88/PC98 - no idea; mostly lots of porn, but there's Glodia's games and some other stuff that could be good, it's all in Japanese though.
Author:  ultpaladin [ Fri Jun 04, 2021 12:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
1) PS4
2) PS2
3) SNES
4) PS1
5) Nintendo DS
6) PS3
7) X Box 360
8) Nintendo 3DS
9) PSP
10) NES
Author:  Sherkel [ Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
In terms of their libraries? For playing itself I generally use my 3DS whenever possible, but am starting to add some third-party handhelds to the mix.

I don't have the encyclopedic level of RPG knowledge you guys have (though I'd like to get there!) so for now I'll say SNES, GBA, and PS1 in no particular order.
Author:  DoubleDvideogames [ Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Best video game console for RPGs? Rank your top 10!
Funny how thoughts change even in a year.

My new ranking would be:

SNES
psx
ps2
switch
ps4
PSP
GBA
DS
Dreamcast
Genesis
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